Thank you so much Akanksha. It's lovely to actually be talking to you because you have
written about me so many times and this is the first time I am talking to you face to
face. Yeah. It's been an honour having you all with
us. Thank you. Okay so to begin with it's been more than a year now since we are in
the on and off lockdown. How do you manage your fitness regime with work and household
chores? To be honest, I'm actually enjoying it quite
a bit and I wouldn't be surprised if I continue doi
ng this even after the lockdown is over.
So, one, I'm just sort of made a rhythm in my daily life doing to incorporate the workout
in such a way that there are many times when my kids join me. Wake around 7 in the morning,
I start my workout at 8. So, 8 to 9 is my workout time. Which is also the time when
both of them are at home and running around from here and there. So, it's actually a fun
time between the family and Mohit has also started working out which he never did before
the lockdown. E
arlier he just used to watch me and the kids. Now he wants to enjoy with
the family. And now all four of us are doing something or the other and I think it's very
nice because we are teaching the kids that it's important to be fit, it's important to
be healthy and it's a good way to start your morning and start your day. Yeah! We have seen the videos you've posted
on social media and on YouTube. So, it's like really fun family time. So, what are their
favourite exercises and what they love doing
the most? So, Areeza before the lockdown used to go
to a gymnastic class. She learned how to do the splits and a lot of other things she was
learning there. So she likes to practice her own stuff and she likes to believe that her
workout is different, my workout is different. I'm doing my workout in my corner, she's doing
in her corner. And Arham is sort of split between both of us, sometimes he's running
after me trying to copy what I'm doing and sometimes he's running after Areeza trying
to c
opy what she's doing. So sometimes he tries a split and sometimes he's going for
a warm-up. Sometimes he's guiding me on what to do. And sometimes Mohit is like doing his
own workout for the day and then sometimes and then there are times when he actually
gets his own map play mat and he pretends that this is my yoga mat and he does his own
stuff over them, which is more often than not just lying down and looking around. It's
a lot of fun because there is some kind of energy going around in the
house. Yeah! it seems like so much fun. Like having
a little kid roaming around and trying to copy everyone. So you've been pregnant twice.
Tell us something about your postpartum journey and how the two journeys were different? Two deliveries were very, very different Akanksha.
To be honest, the first one was normal delivery that made a lot of difference and the C section
was a completely different experience. I was under the impression that after the C section,
the body really changes which it
does but I thought I would never be able to achieve
the fitness level I had before the second pregnancy. Maybe there will be a lot of restrictions
to doing a lot of things and I have to sort of make a compromise. And I'm somebody who
cannot do anything less than a 100 per cent. I do something I give my 100 per cent and
if I was going to working out, it has to be a 100 per cent and I thought if it's not,
then I don't if I can make peace with this 70 or 80 or even 90 per cent but slowly and
slowl
y I started realising it's not that tough and even the majority of mothers you know
choose not to go back to very sexist sizes after c section I thought maybe think I'll
break the stereotypes and maybe I can be that one person who can actually try it out and
sees how it goes that was always in sync with my gynaecologist at all times and I would
ask him this is what im trying to do at first, he used to get really shocked are you serious.
That the first time, when I told him I'm doing skipping. He
said yes, you can start doing
skipping. No problem. Start with 10, 20, you can go till 50. I said no doctor I would do
3000 a day, so what do you say doctor. He was like what? Chhavi please don't do that.
So, I said okay I promise I will stop at 100. I can do the same amount of skips a day, I
can run, I can do push ups, pull ups. I do all sorts of things, which in fact some of
them even I didn't do before I had the c section. I think it's a myth that fitness is not possible
after c section and
the normal delivery was very different the first time around because
there were no pre-notions as such. No one was instructing me about the things I should
avoid doing. Normally, people believe that after a normal delivery, you can resume your
normal activities as soon as you feel fine and I felt fine within the first 5-6 days
I was moving around. That was the only difference between a c section and a normal delivery.
Otherwise, basically what I can say the amount of time I took to get back was
slightly longer
in the c section and that can a big difference. So you did plan I heard in a video you made
a new rule that you started with planks after the c section delivery so that was like basic
routine doing planks. Yes I think planks are very important. Plans are very important for
everybody because it is not a sudden movement and after you have a surgery, a major abdominal
surgery. There's a lot of strain on the stomach and is something your whole core including
your stomach, back, and b
uttocks and everything comes into play. So, it's not isolated to
stomach it's your whole core. It's good way to start. So, I think even now I do planks
on regular basis I just make them a little more intense in the sense I do one hand one
leg kind of thing. Instead trying to hold it on for a longer period. Some people hold
planks for 10 minutes, I think instead of doing that, I try to modify something in it,
so that I can feel better. So yes plank I think one of the more efficient exercises
for
the core development. So recently someone on social media question
about your me time work life balance, someone scolds you. Do you have something to say about
that? First of all I feel sympathy towards that
person and I feel that that person whose saying this about me must be going throw a lot in
her own life for those kind of thoughts to come in her mind. My best wishes with her
I don't mean anything I don't want anything I don't wish anything bad for her. May god
bless her. May god give her p
eace. Secondly, I don't think I'm answerable to anybody. Right
now, working women keep listening these sort of thing from people time and again. I don't
why people still don't understand that work for a women is as important as it is for a
man. Both husband and wife need to work. You just need that extra support and for some
women it just might be a choice in terms of building their own confidence feeling independent
there's nothing working in whatever the reason you have but working should be a
personal
choice and nobody should be judge for working. I think a working women have a sort of guilt
because they have to leave their kids for the day care, their family members, and housemaid.
So this kind of guilt, the mother is already going through a lot. So on top of there's
so much pressure on her. You expect the mom to be present in all the places together at
the same time. But that isn't possible. You have to leave your kids at home with your
family members and I think that is fine, it'
s also important for the child because too much
dependence can make the child too much dependent. You should teach the child right through the
beginning that this is the time when you have to be live without your mother's presence.
Which helps parents in managing all the things and also it makes a kid's time in the school
much more easier. The kid generally starts learning how to be independent very early
in life. So lastly do you have any tips for the working
moms? Any fitness tips for them? So
all the working moms first of all I want
to say that already you guys are really tracked for time. Although everyone is working from
home at the moment but work from home is also in a lot of ways challenging. Work all the
time. I have seen people working till 11 p.m. in the night and I'm like why that person
is still working. Why isn't that person is sleeping. Why he isn't watching t.v. or just
sleeping. But that's how people have become maybe sometimes many people prefer having
a break in the
day and will resume their work in night. But there are some who prefers working
in night and finishing work in the day. That's a personal choice but in any case a working
mother can be seen completely splitting between her work and kids so working out during that
time becomes a little tough so I just wanna say no matter which routine you want to incorporate
in your life, make sure that you start working on something which is durable for a longer
period of time. It shouldn't be a like a week thin
g. You should stop your routine after
a week or two. You have to find time for your fitness and you should keep doing it for a
longer period. You choose that time and also it doesn't matter which time you pick and
it should depend on your comfort. For a lot of mothers, it's walking, kneel or workout,
or yoga do whatever you like it's not just about losing weight it's about connecting
your physical body with your mental body. It's just mind and body connection and you
can achieve it with any kind
of exercise. I also feel that all the mothers who feel
they don't have a time for a workout just want to say start prioritising yourself, your
time, your health, and fitness. And I'm sure you'll find time. Thank you so much it was lovely chatting with
you thank you so much for joining me on this segment. Thank you Akanksha I really had a lot of fun
too. Thank you Chhavi. Bie.
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